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|updated=April 9, 2011
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|description=We at Mozilla believe that the web should be accessible and easy to use anywhere you go. Today’s mobile devices make it particularly hard to browse complex web pages that were not optimized for the mobile web. And nobody likes to type much on virtual keys or on small mobile keyboards anyway. Browsing on mobile devices should be easy, fast, fun, and secure - across all platforms. That is why we launched the Firefox Home app for iPhone in 2010. Firefox Home uses Firefox Sync to give you on-the-go access to bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history from Firefox on your laptop and desktop computers and from your other connected mobile devices so you can type less and browse more. The Awesome Bar is the innovative way for accessing your online life with just one touch. And you can even share your favorite links easily with your friends. Of course, all of your personal data is securely encrypted and only accessible for you through your connected devices. You can download Firefox Home from the iTunes App Store today.
|description=We at Mozilla believe that the web should be accessible and easy to use anywhere you go. Today’s mobile devices make it particularly hard to browse complex web pages that were not optimized for the mobile web. And nobody likes to type much on virtual keys or on small mobile keyboards anyway. Browsing on mobile devices should be easy, fast, fun, and secure - across all platforms. That is why we launched the Firefox Home app for iPhone in 2010. Firefox Home uses Firefox Sync to give you on-the-go access to bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history from Firefox on your laptop and desktop computers and from your other connected mobile devices so you can type less and browse more. The Awesome Bar is the innovative way for accessing your online life with just one touch. And you can even share your favorite links easily with your friends. You can download Firefox Home from the iTunes App Store today.
This roadmap describes how Firefox Home will evolve from a native iPhone application into a cross-platform Web Application for a seamless Firefox web experience.
This roadmap describes how Firefox Home will evolve from a native iPhone application into a cross-platform Web Application for a seamless Firefox web experience.
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== Product Priorities for 2011  ==
== Product Priorities for 2011  ==


Here is a list of proposed features that we would like to introduce to Firefox Home within the next 12-18 months:
Here is a list of proposed features that we would like to introduce to Firefox Home within the next 12-18 months:  


*'''Better ease-of-use''' - we have many ideas on how to make Firefox Home better: favicons instead of text links, interactive thumbnails, improved frecency algorithmus for a better awesome bar experience, better sharing and bookmarking, widgets with real-time information
*'''Better ease-of-use''' - we have many ideas on how to make Firefox Home better: favicons and interactive badges instead of text links, high-quality thumbnails, improved frecency algorithmus for a better awesome bar experience, better sharing and bookmarking, widgets with real-time information  
*'''Improved performance and lower memory footprint '''- we want to make Firefox Home even faster and smarter while using less memory on your mobile device
*'''Improved performance and lower memory footprint '''- we want to make Firefox Home even faster and smarter while using less memory on your mobile device  
*'''Harmonization with Firefox for Android''' (and Nokia) - while Firefox Home is not a mobile browser, all available and new features will be adjusted to look, feel, and behave exactly the same way across platforms and devices
*'''Harmonization with Firefox for Android''' (and Nokia) - while Firefox Home is not a mobile browser, all available and new features will be adjusted to look, feel, and behave exactly the same way across platforms and devices  
*'''Integration with new Mozilla Services '''- Firefox Home will integrate with upcoming Mozilla services like F1 for easy sharing, Mozilla ID for secure and easy single-sign-on on the web, and with advanced Firefox Sync features.
*'''Integration with new Mozilla Services '''- Firefox Home will integrate with upcoming Mozilla services like F1 for easy sharing, Mozilla ID for secure and easy single-sign-on on the web, and with advanced Firefox Sync features.  
*'''Web Apps''' - Firefox Home will be integrated with Web Apps and Web App Stores
*'''Web Apps''' - Firefox Home will be integrated with Web Apps and Web App Stores  
*'''Web Service '''- Transition Firefox Home from a native iPhone app into a web app service that can be used online and on your device anywhere you go across desktop and mobile devices including currently unsupported mobile platforms<br>
*'''Web Service '''- Transition Firefox Home from a native iPhone app into a web app service that can be used online and on your device anywhere you go across desktop and mobile devices including currently unsupported mobile platforms<br>


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This is a proposed market delivery schedule based on the example project work laid out in previous sections. Please note that features and time lines are projections and a basis for discussion, not a final commitment to a specific delivery date or release sequence. Actual releases, sequence and combination of features are subject to change:  
This is a proposed market delivery schedule based on the example project work laid out in previous sections. Please note that features and time lines are projections and a basis for discussion, not a final commitment to a specific delivery date or release sequence. Actual releases, sequence and combination of features are subject to change:  


'''Home becomes Web App (with native iPhone and iPad wrapper)<br>'''--&gt;Introduce fresh visual design and move data and core functionality in the cloud'''<br>'''''Platforms''<br>
=== v2  ===
 
'''''Home becomes Web App (with native iPhone and iPad wrapper)'''''
 
Introduce fresh visual design and move data and core functionality in the cloud  
 
==== Platforms ====


*iPhone, iPad
*iPhone, iPad


''Features''<br>
==== Features ====


*Same functionality as 1.0 version  
*Same functionality as 1.0 version  
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*Personas (optional)
*Personas (optional)


''Action''<br>
==== Actions  ====


*Publish Privacy Policy  
*Publish Privacy Policy  
*Detail out and document sync encryption<br>
*Detail out and document sync encryption<br>


'''Expand platforms, enhance visuals''' <br>--&gt; Show more data to help the user make decisions on what they want to tap on  
=== v3  ===
 
Expand platforms, enhance visuals Show more data to help the user make decisions on what they want to tap on  


''Platforms''<br>
==== Platforms ====


*Added support for currently unsupported devices like Symbian, Blackberry (web only); Android, iPhone, iPad (web and native app)
*Added support for currently unsupported devices like Symbian, Blackberry (web only); Android, iPhone, iPad (web and native app)


''Features''<br>
==== Features ====


*Badging: home icons show realtime information, e.g. #unread messages  
*Badging: home icons show realtime information, e.g. #unread messages  
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*Use more data for better awesome results: context information like location, time of day, day of week, etc.
*Use more data for better awesome results: context information like location, time of day, day of week, etc.


'''Make Home more Social<br>'''--&gt; Integrate Home for easy interaction with your friends
=== v4<br> ===


''Features''<br>
''Make Home more Social'' Integrate Home for easy interaction with your friends
 
==== Features  ====


*New sharing mechanisms  
*New sharing mechanisms  
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*direct from facebook, twitter  
*direct from facebook, twitter  
*Use more data for better awesome results: location, search results, followed links  
*Use more data for better awesome results: location, search results, followed links  
*Integrate contacts / social graph based on own services (Mozilla Contacts, F1) and external services (Facebook, Google, etc.)
*<br>
 
=== v5<br> ===
 
''Provide direct link with sites and additional data''<br>--&gt; Make Firefox Home more interactive and show real-time data and dynamic previews<br>


'''Provide direct link with sites and additional data'''<br>--&gt; Make Firefox Home more interactive and show real-time data and dynamic previews<br> ''Platforms''<br>  
==== ''Platforms''<br> ====


*Home supports Desktop (web version)
*Home supports Desktop (web version)


''Features''<br>  
==== ''Features''<br> ====


*Widgets on Home Screen pull in live info from web sources (e.g. show latest CNN news or ESPN scores)  
*Widgets on Home Screen pull in live info from web sources (e.g. show latest CNN news or ESPN scores)  
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*Go from a pull model to a push model - allowing web services to actively push data to users based on new web standards
*Go from a pull model to a push model - allowing web services to actively push data to users based on new web standards


''Action''<br>  
==== ''Action''s<br> ====


*Publish a manifest for widgets; describe how sites can push information to us
*Publish a manifest for widgets; describe how sites can push information to us<br>


'''Home integrates with Firefox for mobile<br>'''--&gt; Harmonize Firefox for mobile Awesome Screen with new Firefox Home design; eventually integrate with same cloud storage for seamless integration
=== v6 ===


''Platforms''  
''Home integrates with Firefox for mobile'''''<br>'''
 
==== Platforms  ====


*All Platforms that run Firefox for mobile - currently this is Android and Nokia’s Maemo
*All Platforms that run Firefox for mobile - currently this is Android and Nokia’s Maemo


''Features''<br>
==== Features ====
 
* Show all features of Firefox Home Verion 5 within the Firefox for mobile browser with the same look &amp; feel


*Show all new visual features of Firefox Home within the Firefox for mobile browser with the same look &amp; feel
=== v7 ===


'''Web App support'''<br>--&gt;&nbsp;Integrate Web Apps with Firefox Home for easy access
'''''Web App support'''''<br>--&gt;&nbsp;Integrate Web Apps with Firefox Home for easy access


''Platforms''<br>  
==== Platforms<br> ====


*all supported platforms
*all supported platforms


''Features''<br>  
==== Features<br> ====


*Integration of Web Apps into Awesome Screen (e.g. search for "Scrabble" shows relevant browsing history, web search results and also matching web apps)<br>  
*Integration of Web Apps into Awesome Screen (e.g. search for "Scrabble" shows relevant browsing history, web search results and also matching web apps)<br>  
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*Discoverability of web apps? (e.g. store/search/purchasing)
*Discoverability of web apps? (e.g. store/search/purchasing)


'''Longer-term ideas and research'''<br>--&gt; A selection of some of our wild ideas and research topics  
 
=== '''Future''' ===
 
'''''Longer-term ideas and research'''''
 
--&gt; A selection of some of our wild ideas and research topics  


*Embedded systems in cars, TVs  
*Embedded systems in cars, TVs  
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== More Info ==
== More Info ==
*[http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/ Mobile Wiki]  
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/firefoxhome Firefox Home Wiki (Designs, Meetings, Details)]
*[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/ Mozilla Mobile]  
*[http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/ Mozilla Mobile Wiki (Firefox Home and Firefox for Android)]  
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/Roadmap Firefox for mobile Road Map]  
*[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/ Official Mozilla Mobile Page]  
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/Roadmap Firefox for Android Road Map]  
*[http://bit.ly/mobilevision Mobile Vision]  
*[http://bit.ly/mobilevision Mobile Vision]  
*[http://gigaom.com/2010/04/12/mary-meeker-mobile-internet-will-soon-overtake-fixed-internet Mary Meeker on Mobile in 2010, 2011]  
*[http://gigaom.com/2010/04/12/mary-meeker-mobile-internet-will-soon-overtake-fixed-internet Mary Meeker on Mobile in 2010, 2011]  
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